The Transsexual Bill of Rights

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Note: This is not a legally recognised document. This is kind of a statement of purpose for the Trans community at large.

Transsexual Bill of Rights

by Cathy Platine, TransFamily of Cleveland

I. The right to our own identities and names and to have that identity honoured by others.

II. The right to make peace with our bodies on our own terms free from pressure of government, caregivers and peers to conform to so called "gender norms" or to fit someone else's definition of our gender identity.

III. The right to basic civil liberties as human beings of worth and dignity.

IV. The right to privacy regarding our bodies, our lives and our sexual orientation.

V. The right to the same access to decent, competent health care as enjoyed by our fellow citizens.

VI. The right to obtain employment and housing on equal terms and free of prejudice as enjoyed as our fellow citizens

VII. The right live our lives free of harassment from religious bigotry.

VIII. The right to freedom from undue government interference in obtaining appropriate documents needed to conduct our lives in the same manner enjoyed by our fellow citizens.

IX. The right to our own families, however we may find happiness.

X. The right to be parents to our children free from unnecessary prejudice or interference by outsiders.

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